Reclining-chair



Nonmem- A.'KANE. REGLINING CHAIR.

No. 551,955. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

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UNITED STATES :ATENT Fries.

ALBERT KANE, OF BUFFALO, ASSIGNOR TO SEVVARD T. KANE, OF HOLLAND PATENT, NEW YORK.

RECLINING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,968, dated December 24, 1895.

Application filed May 23, 1894:. Serial No. 512,171. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: therefrom. Fig. 8 represents a longitudinal Be it known that I, ALBERT KANE, a citizen section through a portion of one of the arms of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in of the chair, showing a portion of one of the the county of Erie and State of New York,have upright or substantially upright supportinginvented certain new and useful Improvebars of the chair and the means by which it 55 ments in Reclining-Chairs, of which the folis jointed or hinged thereto.

lowing is a specification. The frame of the chair is preferably con- My invention relates to that class of chairs structed of wood, being the usual material;

adapted for use as an ordinary rocking-chair, but any other suitable material may be used.

a reclining-chair, or as a bed or lounge, all of 1 represents the front legs of the chair. 60 which will be fully-and clearly hereinafter de- They are constructed and secured to the seat scribed and claimed, reference being had to 2 in the ordinary way. the accompanying drawings, in which 3 represents the rear legs and 1 the rockers,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the chair, attached in the usual manner. In this con- I 5 showing the front removable platform adnection I have shown a rocking-chair for illus- 6 5 justed for holding a book or other article for 'tration, but any other kind of chair suitable reading or for otherpurposes for which a for the purpose may be used. book -rest'may be adapted. Fig. 2 represents To the rear of the chair-seat 2 is secured a back View of the chair, showing a similar the chair-back 5 by pivots 6, one at each side view of the mechanism for adjusting it for a of the chair, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 5,) and near 70 reclining-chair. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation the forward portion of the seat, at each side, ofaportion of the chair,cuttingthrougharear directly opposite each other, is pivoted by portion of the chair-seat and cross-bar, showpivots '7 the upright supporting side bars 8, ing the mechanism for releasing or holding and to their upper ends is hinged by hinges 9 the chair-back. Fig. 3 represents a face view the arms 10 of the chair, (see Fig. 8,) the op- 75 of one of the chair-arm hinges, showing the posite ends of said arms being hinged to the pivotal portion of the hinge. Fig. 4 is an enback of the chair by hinges 11. (Shown in larged sectional elevation through one of the Figs. 1 and 5.) rear chairlegs, showing the construction of The bottom of the chair is made as any or- 0 one of the bolts and springs for engaging with dinary chair, wider at the front than at the 80 the rack-bars and holding the back of the chair back. Oonsequentlyas in adjusting it to the to any point to which it may be adjusted. position shown in Fig. 5, for instance-there is Fig. 4 represents a sectional elevation showa slight lateral or side movement imparted to ing the chair-back joint-spring for preventing the chair-arms 10. To meet this movement,

3 5 the back from suddenly falling backward one-half of each of the hinges 9 and 11 is pro- 8 5 when released. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of vided with a screw-hole 11, (see Fig. 3, where the chair, showing it adjusted in position for this is shown,) one large screw only being used use as a reclining-chair, the dotted line double at that side,so that the hinges mayturn toward rack-bar showing its position when the chair either side thereon.

40 is adapted to be used as abed. Fig. 6 is an en- The mechanism for operating the chair- 9o larged horizontal section through that portion back, and securing it at any point to which it of the removable platform in which is located may be adjusted, consists of two rack-bars the spring-bolt for securing it either to the 12 and 12. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 5.) The rackfront of the chair-seat or the chair-arm, showbars are each secured at one end to the inner ing, also, a section through that portion of the sides of the rear legs of the chair by screws 5 chair-arm in which the bolt engages and the at or about the point 13, their other ends beconstruction of the spring-bolt. Fig. 7 reping secured to the under side of the seat at resents a plan View of the removable platform or about the point 14: by screws. and a portion of the chair-seat, showing the To each of the back-frame bars of the chair 5o manner of its attachment to or detachment is rigidly secured a downwardly-projecting IOO bar 15, having a socketed portion 16 at the bottom, reference being had to Figs. 2, 3, and 4. In each socketed portion 16 is a bolt 17, having a connecting-rod 16 at its upper end, (shown in Figs. 2', 3, and 4,) its lower end being adapted to fit between. the teeth in the curved rack-bars 12 and 12. (See Figs. 3 and 5.) Above the bolt 17 is interposed between the top of the socket and the bolt a spiral spring 18. (See Fig. 4, where this is shown in the sectional view.) The upper ends of the connecting-rods 16 are each pivoted to 'a crank-arm 19. Each crank-arm 19 is either made in one integral piece with the cross-bar 20, (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) or they may be rigidly attached to it. The cross-bar is pivoted to the back of the chair by the hook portions 21, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) so it can turn thereon. From the above-described construction it will be seen that the springs 18, when free to act, will hold the bolts 17 down in engagement with the teeth in the curved rackbars, from which they may be withdrawn when it is desired to incline the back of the chair, and it will be noticed that as the crank arms 19 are both rigidly secured to the crossbar 20 when one is moved out of or into engagement with a rack-bar the other will move simultaneously with it and engage with or be disengaged from the other rack-bar.

The removable platform 22 is adapted to be used either as a foot-rest, book-rest, or for lengthening the chair when used as a lounge or bed.

On the inner side of the platform 22, near one corner, is rigidly secured alaterally-projecting pin 23. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7.) This pin 23 is adapted to fit in a socketpiece 24 at the front side,near one corner of the chair. (Also shown in Fig. 7.) At the opposite front side, near the other front corner of the chair,is another similar socket-piece 25 rigidly secured thereto. Near the corner opposite to that carrying the pin 23 the platform is provided with a spring-bolt 26, the construction of which is more clearly shown in the enlarged sectional view, Fig. 6. The bolt 26 is provided with a spring 27, by which it is kept in place in the socket. At the inner side of each arm 10 of the chair is a socket 28, in one of which the pin 23 fits, and in the other the bolt 26 fits when drawn back and allowed to spring in. The platform is then secured in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bolt 26 is easily released from the socket in which it is fitted sin by pulling on the knob 26, as will be understood.

The platform is provided with two bars 29, pivoted directly opposite each other at the point 29 and provided with a double series of ratchet-teeth, one on each opposite side 30 and 30. These bars support the platform when it is used as a book-rest, as in Fig. 1, the rack-teeth 30 resting at or about the point 31 at the front of the chair and allowing it to be adjusted up or down, as may be desired.

In the socket around pivot 6, at each side of the chair-back, is a coiled spring 32. (See Fig. 4.) This spring is fastened securely to the pivot 6, so that it cannot turn the pivot 6, bein g rigidly secured, in any well-known way, to the chair-leg. The opposite end of the spring 32 is secured to the side of the chair-back socket by a screw at or about the point 33. The object of this construction is to prevent the chair-back from suddenly falling back should the bolts in the rack-bars be accidentally loosened.

At the back of the chair is pivoted in small boxes or holding-pieces 34 (see Fig. 2) two supporting-legs 35 and 35. The cross-bar 36 and these legs are all formed in one piece, so that when one moves the other moves. These legs when not in use are moved in between the two frame-pieces composing the back of the chair, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the chair is used as a bed they are turned out to support the head of the bed, as in Fig. 5. It will be noticed that the pivoted bars 29 are provided with a double series of rack-teeth 30 and 30. The teeth 30 support the platform when used as in Fig. 1, and the teeth 30 rest on pins 30 as shown in Fig. 5, where the plat form is supported as a foot-rest.

I claim as my invention In a reclining chair, a removable platform having a spring bolt at one corner, a rigid pin at the opposite corner and two rack bars, one pivoted to each side of the platform, each having a double series of rack-teeth, located at opposite sides of the bars, in combination with the chair seat and arms, two socketed portions located at opposite front corners of the chair seat, and a socketed portion on the inner side of each chair arm, substantially as described.

ALBERT KANE.

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